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This monograph summarizes the results of a study of the caseload of one social service agency--that of the Family and Childrens Service of Pittsburgh. The study is based on data collected on an extensive schedule of new clients who went to this agency over a four-month period and for whom appropriate casework was considered.

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This text demonstrates how the intimate domains of private life, child-rearing and family, have been permeated by the political strategies advanced by foundations, which have broken down or diminished the opposition between public and private during the 20th century.

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This revealing and compelling title analyzes the illegal trade in endangered species from a criminological viewpoint and presents specific crime reduction techniques that could help save thousands of species from extinction.

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Little attention has been paid to the lives led by families of prisoners. Using a feminist approach, the author explores how the lives of 25 wives of prisoners at Soledad prison are affected by the incarceration of their husbands.

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A prize-winning investigative journalist illuminates the often problematic relationship between the child's best interest and the best intentions of child welfare agencies, policymakers, and the courts

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One of the hallmarks of the Soviet system was its heavy reliance on internal and foreign security and intelligence organizations.

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This volume reports the results of a large-scale survey of families who adopted children with "special needs": older children, minority children, handicapped children, or sibling groups. The study shifts the focus of inquiry to intact families, assessing aspects of adoptive family life.

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This book explores culture, development, and spirituality from a social work perspective using case studies from around the world. It serves as a guide for those who want to better understand and incorporate spirituality into successful social work interventions, practice, and research.

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Offers an account of the FBI's investigation of prominent American sociologists, based on documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.

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The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is the latest in more than two decades of federal efforts to raise educational standards and an even longer stream of initiatives to improve education for poor children.

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Largely neglected by historians, political scientists, and criminal justice specialists, the available literature on the state police tends to be highly partisan and largely out of date.

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Illustrated with some 300 tables, graphs and charts, this handbook provides a statistical overview of the social safety net worldwide.

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At the beginning of the 21st century, there is a growing global consciousness of the issues affecting children and a commitment to address them. This work responds to the need for a comprehensive collection of international statistical material on children.

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The answer, in Browning's devastating critique of the modern welfare state, is simple: the rise of egalitarian ideologyan ideology that has not just harmed the economy but made us all poorer.

This book examines all facets of the welfare state in the U.S. and its egalitarian underpinnings.

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Offers an examination of history's most brutal killers. This book examines historical accounts of the events, analyses them from a psychological perspective, and presents an assessment. It also examines different types of killers, offers case studies and historical context, and describes what sets these cases apart for other kinds of killers.

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Using groundbreaking studies, news stories, and interviews, this book underscores that there will never be gender equity until men stop harassing women in public spaces-and it details strategies for achieving this goal.

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Stop Trying to Fix Policing: Lessons Learned from the Front Lines of Black Liberation,

guides readers through the phenomena of police abolition, using the cultural lens of the

Black radical tradition.

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Stop Trying to Fix Policing: Lessons Learned from the Front Lines of Black Liberation, guides readers through the phenomena of police abolition, using the cultural lens of the Black radical tradition.

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A much needed guide on how to protect yourself and your family from becoming the victim of a stalker.

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This innovative new book aims to put society's fight against terrorism into a comprehensive crime prevention perspective with a clear, understandable theoretical foundation, developing a general model for the prevention of crime which is, in this book, applied to terrorism.

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